Gilmour Academy
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Gilmour Academy is an independent
, Roman Catholic
, coeducational, college-preparatory school in the Cleveland
suburb of Gates Mills, Ohio
. Founded in 1946 by the Brothers of Holy Cross
, it offers a Montessori preschool program and traditional kindergarten through grade 12. A boarding program
is available to students in grades 7-12. Gilmour Academy is chartered through the state of Ohio
; accredited through the Independent School Association of Central States (ISCACS) and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA)
; and a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
, the Ohio Association of Independent Schools (OAIS), and the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES)
.
Gilmour's 144 acre (0.58274784 km²) campus has experienced significant growth and expansion in recent years. The Lynn and Michael Kelley Middle School and Fine Arts Building houses a new Broadcast Media Center where students can learn and practice with digital media technology. A new chapel serves as a venue for liturgical events and student convocation. Gilmour’s Athletic Center houses two NHL-sized ice rinks and a fitness center. New artificial turf was installed in 2004 in a multiple-use field for football, soccer, and lacrosse. In 2009 a new gymnasium and aquatic center complete with new locker rooms were completed.
from the University of Notre Dame
, Indiana
began a select boarding school which was named in honor of Bishop Richard Gilmour, the second Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
and a champion of Catholic education. The school opened in 1946 with a faculty of nine Brothers and an initial enrollment of 45 eighth and ninth grade boys. The following year, the school shifted to a four-year curriculum. Gilmour added its Middle School in 1973. In 1982, Gilmour merged with Glen Oak School, making it a coeducational institution. The Lower School and Montessori preschool program were established in 1985, followed by a traditional kindergarten and grades one through 12.
At Gilmour Academy’s Upper School, curriculum is designed to prepare students for college-level work, with 90-minute class periods and a Socratic instructional style based on the concept of student as worker and teacher as coach. Four Gilmour Upper School students have been listed as co-authors of scientific papers and another presented a scientific paper and won an award held by the American Chemical Society
. All five students were part of Gilmour’s Catalyst program, an extracurricular mentorship program that connects students with experts in industry, government, and academia.
At the conclusion of their education at Gilmour, students devote their final month to a senior project. They identify an area of interest and design an internship around it followed by a final presentation about how Gilmour’s essential goals and objectives relate to their internship experience.
Gilmour places a great deal of value on service to the community, and participation in a community service program is requisite for graduation. Students must meet a 60-hour standard to graduate, and many students surpass the requirement.
Gilmour first established a Middle School program in 1974, under the directorship of Brother Carl Shonk, C.S.C. Its curriculum is designed to engage students to perform well academically while providing compassionate encouragement for developing young-adult students. The curriculum strongly emphasizes problem solving throughout its various subjects. Middle school students are assigned advisors who work with students individually to assist with academic and social issues.
Gilmour recently constructed the $6.2 million Kelley Middle School and Fine Arts Building. The 37000 square feet (3,437.4 m²) building offers science labs and classrooms, a common area to exhibit student work and host casual gatherings, several computer labs, music and visual arts studios for photography, ceramics, and art classes, and a computerized graphics center.
A reecent $2.5 million expansion to the Lower School facilities included a new music center with practice rooms and keyboard lab, new library with a computer lab, a science lab, classrooms with access to the Internet and wireless laptops, exhibition area, and an electronic research center.
The Gilmour campus contains approximately 400 computers, the majority of which run Microsoft
Windows 7, at the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools. The Gilmour Virtual Library, a web site developed in-house by library staff, includes research resources for many projects and topics. Gilmour provides high-speed access to the Internet via a dual T1 connection from every classroom and computer lab on campus. Many classrooms are wired for multimedia capabilities to assist with instruction and project presentations, and a wireless network is available in certain areas on campus.
Gilmour maintains a boarding program for students in grades 7-12. Gilmour has resident students from both the United States and various other countries around the world such as Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, China, and India. The residence program includes supervised study hall, chaperoned activities, and personal advising and mentoring.
for 20 consecutive years. Gilmour orators have represented Northeast Ohio six out of the last seven years at the state level at the Sons of the American Revolution Oratorical Contest, and three students have finished in the top three positions nationally. Gilmour's Four Person Policy Debate Team won the State Championship in 2001 and 2003, and took second in Ohio in 2007. Speech and Debate alumni have had much success at the college level and beyond, including winning the National Debate Championship in Washington D.C. in 2009. Gilmour's Academic Challenge Team has competed in the finals on WEWS NewsChannel 5 for two out of the last three years and were champions in 2007. The Academy's Drama Club was invited twice to perform at the American High School Theater Festival in Edinburgh
, Scotland
, and has earned a Superior Rating for 13 consecutive years from the Ohio Theater Alliance.
Gilmour now Boasts a Pep Band that plays at all Gilmour football games and Gilmour Boys basketball games. The program started in the Fall of 2006 and now has a full line of Yamaha
Snare
and Bass
drums. The program is advised by musical director David Kilkenny who has been at Gilmour since Fall of 2005. The Pep Band is offered to all students 7th grade to 12th grade. "It's a fun time and it adds a great dynamic to the football games and basketball games at GA," says one Gilmour Student, "It's something that hasn't been done at the Academy in years." In 2006, Thomas Horsman ('07) created a Teenage Republicans club at Gilmour, known informally as "TARS".
Gilmour's comprehensive athletic program consists of 22 varsity sports and 61 when junior varsity, freshmen, and Middle School teams are included. More than 70 percent of Gilmour’s students participate in at least one sport out of a variety offered—football, baseball, basketball, hockey, track and field, golf, soccer, cross country, tennis, volleyball, swimming, cheerleading, lacrosse and softball. The Boys Prep Hockey Program is consistently ranked among the top in the nation and is a member of the Midwest Prep Hockey League
. The 2010-2011 Boys Prep Team, led by first year coach Scott Stirling, won the USA Hockey Mid-American Region Championship and is currently competing for the National Title. This was the first year that the Prep team has competed at Nationals. The Lancers Varsity Football Team has advanced in the playoffs five out of the last eight years.
Gilmour's extensive athletic facilities include:
Construction of a new 600-seat gymnasium, aquatic center, and locker rooms began in the fall of 2008 and will be completed in the fall of 2009.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
The Praise of Alma Mater.
Cherish and Remember
The Pride in Blue and Gray.
Gilmour, We Salute Thee,
And Promise as Our Aim
To Uphold Forever
The Glory of Thy Name.
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
, Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
, coeducational, college-preparatory school in the Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
suburb of Gates Mills, Ohio
Gates Mills, Ohio
Gates Mills is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,270 at the 2010 census. Gates Mills is an affluent suburb of Cleveland...
. Founded in 1946 by the Brothers of Holy Cross
Congregation of Holy Cross
The Congregation of Holy Cross or Congregatio a Sancta Cruce is a Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded in 1837 by Blessed Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC, in Le Mans, France....
, it offers a Montessori preschool program and traditional kindergarten through grade 12. A boarding program
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
is available to students in grades 7-12. Gilmour Academy is chartered through the state of Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
; accredited through the Independent School Association of Central States (ISCACS) and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA)
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools , also known as the North Central Association, is a membership organization, consisting of colleges, universities, and schools in 19 U.S. states, that is engaged in educational accreditation...
; and a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
National Association of Independent Schools
The National Association of Independent Schools is a U.S.-based membership organization for private, nonprofit, K-12 schools. Founded in 1963, NAIS represents independent schools and associations in the United States, including day, boarding, and day/boarding schools; elementary and secondary...
, the Ohio Association of Independent Schools (OAIS), and the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES)
Coalition of Essential Schools
The Coalition of Essential Schools is an organization created to further a type of whole-school reform originally envisioned by founder Ted Sizer in his book, Horace's Compromise. CES began in 1984 with twelve schools; it currently has 600 formal members.-Horace's Compromise:Horace's Compromise...
.
Campus
History
Gilmour Academy was founded in 1946 when a group of Brothers of Holy CrossCongregation of Holy Cross
The Congregation of Holy Cross or Congregatio a Sancta Cruce is a Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded in 1837 by Blessed Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC, in Le Mans, France....
from the University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
began a select boarding school which was named in honor of Bishop Richard Gilmour, the second Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland is a Roman Catholic diocese in Ohio. It was erected on April 23, 1847 by Pope Pius IX. The diocese lost territory in 1910 when the Diocese of Toledo was erected by Pope Pius X, and in 1943 when the Diocese of Youngstown was erected by Pope Pius XII...
and a champion of Catholic education. The school opened in 1946 with a faculty of nine Brothers and an initial enrollment of 45 eighth and ninth grade boys. The following year, the school shifted to a four-year curriculum. Gilmour added its Middle School in 1973. In 1982, Gilmour merged with Glen Oak School, making it a coeducational institution. The Lower School and Montessori preschool program were established in 1985, followed by a traditional kindergarten and grades one through 12.
Upper School
American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 161,000 members at all degree-levels and in all fields of chemistry, chemical...
. All five students were part of Gilmour’s Catalyst program, an extracurricular mentorship program that connects students with experts in industry, government, and academia.
At the conclusion of their education at Gilmour, students devote their final month to a senior project. They identify an area of interest and design an internship around it followed by a final presentation about how Gilmour’s essential goals and objectives relate to their internship experience.
Gilmour places a great deal of value on service to the community, and participation in a community service program is requisite for graduation. Students must meet a 60-hour standard to graduate, and many students surpass the requirement.
Middle School
Gilmour recently constructed the $6.2 million Kelley Middle School and Fine Arts Building. The 37000 square feet (3,437.4 m²) building offers science labs and classrooms, a common area to exhibit student work and host casual gatherings, several computer labs, music and visual arts studios for photography, ceramics, and art classes, and a computerized graphics center.
Lower School
Gilmour's Lower School curriculum focuses on in-depth learning rather than the delivery of a certain amount of information. It attempts to make lessons personally significant to students while covering material all students need to know. Faculty are required to make connections among various subjects and to expose students to natural connections among their courses. Lower School students have competed at the state or national levels of National History Day over the last several years.A reecent $2.5 million expansion to the Lower School facilities included a new music center with practice rooms and keyboard lab, new library with a computer lab, a science lab, classrooms with access to the Internet and wireless laptops, exhibition area, and an electronic research center.
Technology
In 2006, Gilmour constructed a new 800 square feet (74.3 m²) Broadcast Media Center designed to help students learn to work with digital media technology and become more critical media consumers. The facility houses video editing and audio dubbing stations, a news set with studio space, and Avid digital video editing software similar to that used by professionals in the film and television industries.The Gilmour campus contains approximately 400 computers, the majority of which run Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Windows 7, at the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools. The Gilmour Virtual Library, a web site developed in-house by library staff, includes research resources for many projects and topics. Gilmour provides high-speed access to the Internet via a dual T1 connection from every classroom and computer lab on campus. Many classrooms are wired for multimedia capabilities to assist with instruction and project presentations, and a wireless network is available in certain areas on campus.
Boarding Program
Extracurricular Activities
Gilmour offers many extracurricular activities in the fields of art and music, forensics, journalism, service, and sports. The school's Speech and Debate Team is ranked in the top one percent of the National Forensics League and has won the Northern Ohio District Championship in the Ohio High School Speech LeagueOhio High School Speech League
The Ohio High School Speech League is the body that organizes high school forensic competition in the state of Ohio. The OHSSL provides all of the National Forensic League events, but several other events including Oratorical Interpretation, and Prose & Poetry. In the 2001-2002 season Impromptu...
for 20 consecutive years. Gilmour orators have represented Northeast Ohio six out of the last seven years at the state level at the Sons of the American Revolution Oratorical Contest, and three students have finished in the top three positions nationally. Gilmour's Four Person Policy Debate Team won the State Championship in 2001 and 2003, and took second in Ohio in 2007. Speech and Debate alumni have had much success at the college level and beyond, including winning the National Debate Championship in Washington D.C. in 2009. Gilmour's Academic Challenge Team has competed in the finals on WEWS NewsChannel 5 for two out of the last three years and were champions in 2007. The Academy's Drama Club was invited twice to perform at the American High School Theater Festival in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, and has earned a Superior Rating for 13 consecutive years from the Ohio Theater Alliance.
Gilmour now Boasts a Pep Band that plays at all Gilmour football games and Gilmour Boys basketball games. The program started in the Fall of 2006 and now has a full line of Yamaha
Yamaha
Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...
Snare
Snare
Snare may refer to:* Snare trap, a kind of trap used for capturing animals* Snare drum* SNARE , a family of proteins involved in vesicle fusion* The Snares, a group of islands approximately 200 kilometres south of New Zealand...
and Bass
Bass drum
Bass drums are percussion instruments that can vary in size and are used in several musical genres. Three major types of bass drums can be distinguished. The type usually seen or heard in orchestral, ensemble or concert band music is the orchestral, or concert bass drum . It is the largest drum of...
drums. The program is advised by musical director David Kilkenny who has been at Gilmour since Fall of 2005. The Pep Band is offered to all students 7th grade to 12th grade. "It's a fun time and it adds a great dynamic to the football games and basketball games at GA," says one Gilmour Student, "It's something that hasn't been done at the Academy in years." In 2006, Thomas Horsman ('07) created a Teenage Republicans club at Gilmour, known informally as "TARS".
Athletics
Midwest Prep Hockey League
The Midwest Prep Hockey League is a prep school ice hockey league in the United States. The Midwest Prep League was founded in 2000; the original six league members were Culver Academies , Gilmour Academy , Lake Forest Academy , Park Tudor School , Shady Side Academy and St. Francis High School...
. The 2010-2011 Boys Prep Team, led by first year coach Scott Stirling, won the USA Hockey Mid-American Region Championship and is currently competing for the National Title. This was the first year that the Prep team has competed at Nationals. The Lancers Varsity Football Team has advanced in the playoffs five out of the last eight years.
Gilmour's extensive athletic facilities include:
- A 3700 square feet (343.7 m²) athletic center with two NHL-size hockey rinks;
- A fully equipped fitness center;
- A stadium recently outfitted with synthetic turf for football, soccer, and lacrosse;
- Tennis courts;
- Soccer, lacrosse, baseball, and fast-pitch softball fields;
- A field house with three regulation courts for volleyball, basketball, a batting cage, and an indoor track;
- An all-weather golf practice green;
- An indoor swimming pool;
- Two gymnasiums.
Construction of a new 600-seat gymnasium, aquatic center, and locker rooms began in the fall of 2008 and will be completed in the fall of 2009.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- Boys GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2010 and an individual state champion in 2003, 2009 & 2010 - Boys Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
– 1971 - Girls Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
– 2005, 2006, 2007*, 2009 - Girls Cross countryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- 2006
- * co-champs
Spirituality
Founded by the Brothers of Holy Cross, Gilmour Academy's mission statement embodies its spiritual and societal philosophy - "to develop the competence to see and the courage to act in creating a more humane and just society." Students in all grade levels receive religious education from a Catholic and Christian perspective. Students are also exposed to the traditions of other faiths, and are encouraged to be accepting of all faith communities. Students are required to attend Mass once monthly as well as on major feast days, where those who are able receive the sacraments. Gilmour's religious program also extends to participation in retreats, service to the poor, and daily contemplation.Alma Mater
Sing, We All of Gilmour,The Praise of Alma Mater.
Cherish and Remember
The Pride in Blue and Gray.
Gilmour, We Salute Thee,
And Promise as Our Aim
To Uphold Forever
The Glory of Thy Name.
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